Opposition threatens to topple Harper over Afghanistan

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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/12/11/2737199-cp.html

By ALEXANDER PANETTA


OTTAWA (CP) - The opposition parties are threatening to pull the plug on the Tory minority government over its handling of the mission in Afghanistan.

Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe warned Monday he might table a non-confidence motion if the mandate of Canadian soldiers in the war-torn country doesn't change. And the other opposition parties suggested they might join a Bloc effort to that effect in the new year.

Duceppe said the mission needs to be "rapidly and profoundly" retooled and must focus more heavily on reconstruction instead of fighting.

He said the government is failing to secure troop commitments from other NATO countries and the current mission risks becoming a results-free sacrifice of human life.

"We will not go along with an obtuse government that digs in its heels," Duceppe told a Quebec City audience.

"Because if nothing changes, we are certainly going to get stuck

[Ediacara]

1. Well Harper's lasted longer than I expected

But I don't think it will be long until we're saying hello to Prime Minister Dion.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Longer than I expected also. Why's he still PM?

I read the Star every day but don't quite 'get' why there isn't more opposition to this guy.

[Vidar]

3. Go Canada!